finitebanjo@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 21 days agoReports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywherewww.dailydot.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down145
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minus-squarebrianary@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 days agoThe pouches seem like less plastic.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·20 days agoThey have these revolutionary containers made from paper that is layered in order to make it hard and card like. Almost stiff as a board. And is capable of holding liquids and also breaks down very easily. 😒
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·20 days agoWhat are they lined with to prevent them from getting soggy from contact with the liquid?
minus-squarepiccolo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-220 days agoPolyethylene and/or aluminum foil but iirc before plastics, it would have been wax.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-219 days agoProbably parrafin. Take a wild guess what parrafin is made from… Not sure if it has the same issues breaking down as plastic, but it’s still a petroleum byproduct, so we should probably be moving away from it.
minus-squarepiccolo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoBeing made from petroleum isnt bad. its a byproduct of distilling lubricates.
The pouches seem like less plastic.
They have these revolutionary containers made from paper that is layered in order to make it hard and card like. Almost stiff as a board. And is capable of holding liquids and also breaks down very easily. 😒
What are they lined with to prevent them from getting soggy from contact with the liquid?
Polyethylene and/or aluminum foil but iirc before plastics, it would have been wax.
Probably parrafin.
Take a wild guess what parrafin is made from…
Not sure if it has the same issues breaking down as plastic, but it’s still a petroleum byproduct, so we should probably be moving away from it.
Being made from petroleum isnt bad. its a byproduct of distilling lubricates.
Probably Teflon 🤣💀
I’m in!